Humidity while drying

fullonpower

Member
Hi there, I'm a total novice in my first harvest....my humidity is around 60% and temp 19.5c it's hanging in netting in my growroom with in and outake on so good air movement plus a clip on fan on low speed pointing away from the buds. Does this sound about right to you guys/gals ? Thanks in advance :-)
 

greasemonkeymann

Well-Known Member
i'd say you're good, maybe even a speck tiny bit too much airflow, might dry em a lil fast, 60% is alright, I find I have good results with a med high humid setting (I know, it's counterintuitive) but with good but not "windy" airflow. Weirdly the best cures I've ever had were outside in a barn, when it was raining outside, the dry hay inside acted like a humidity buffer and the ambient humidity had the buds dry super super slow, like a month slow, but they didn't mold and the nugs smoked really, really, nicely after. I was worried, but it worked out pretty well, I wouldn't say TRY for those conditions but it was a crappy situation that actually taught me a slow dry with higher humidity can produce a smoother smoke. Kinda goes without saying that harvest+humidity is normally a bad thing, but if done REALLY carefully it does smoke nicely.
are they full plants hanging or small nugs?
If they are full plants you're good, if they are already into small nugs hanging, then you'll dry too fast
 

fullonpower

Member
Small nugs mate and today it's 22c and 52% in there. There's a good flow without a small fan so I've switched it off for a few day's. They've been drying 5 days and are a little damp in the middle so I'm guessing they'll be good to go in 5 day's. Would you say a 10 day dry will be fine ? Thanks both by the way :-)
 
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